VMware vSphere: Configure and manage networking

- [Instructor] In this video I'll introduce youto the VMware vSphere configureand manage networking course.This course aligns to the VMware certified profession sixdata center virtualization exam.And here on VMware's website,we see the exam blueprint for this exam.If we scroll down, let's take a look at the sectionof the exam related to networking, section two.In this section we have two objectives.Objective 2.1 is how to configure advanced policies,features and verify network virtualization implementation.

And you can see here we have many areasof knowledge that we have to be comfortable within order to complete this objective.We need to know how to create distributed switches,how to remove hosts from a distributed switch.And you can see many of these topics hereare topics that are specificto vSphere distributed switches.The VCP exam focuses largely on higher level featuresthan it traditionally has in the past.Things like LACP, private VLANs, traffic shaping,are now all covered on the VCP exam,where in the past they were not.

Objective 2.2 covers network I/O control.So here we see we need to know howto define network I/O control.We need to understand the capabilities of it,and we need to know how to configure itand enable and disable it as well.Here we see the configure and manage vSphere networkingcourse in our learning library.This course was recorded by Brandon Neill.And on the left-hand side we can see our table of contents.Chapter one covers ESXi networking components.And this is going to really just start you offwith the basics.

What are networking basics?What is a virtual switch?What are virtual NICs and physical NICs?From there we move into vSphere standard switches.And we'll learn about how to create a virtual switch,how to work with VLANs and MTUs,how to configure traffic shaping and NIC teaming.These are all important foundational concepts that you needto understand in order to get the VCP.Then from there we'll take a look at VMkernel networkingand we'll look how the ESXi hosts communicatefor things like high availability heartbeatsor management or storage.

And we'll also look at some new features of Vshpere sixlike separate TCP/IP stacks.

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6/29/2017

Demonstrate your ability to deploy and manage VMware vSphere 6 environments by working towards becoming VCP6-DCV certified. In this course, VMware Certified Instructor Rick Crisci helps you get ready for the VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization Exam (2V0-621)—one of the required exams for VCP6-DCV certification—by providing you with an overview of the test. Rick goes over the specifics of the exam, covering certification prerequisites, the question types you should expect to see, and study tips. He then provides an overview of the 10 exam domains, and provides references to the corresponding courses on LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com. Finally, he shares other resources that can help you prepare for the exam, including hands-on labs and live, instructor-led training.